On the trail in the middle of nowhere I found a family of what I suspect might be galaxids (non-migratory given the terrain) in a beautiful freshwater stream. Not sure but hopeful! #bankstrack #fish #biodiversity
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I walked a long way over hills and things to take this photo… it’s a white-flippered little blue penguin #birds #bankstrack #newzealand
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Just pressed send on my Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill submission 🥳
I think I have made more submissions and signed more petitions in the last twelve months than ever before in my life!
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Wonderful local enviro news 😃
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360492211/christchurch-school-only-nz-finalist-global-sustainability-competition
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In case you’ve not had enough politics this weekend… thoughts from Mountain Tui:
“But the TLDR version is - under this government, the theme of donors includes oil and gas, tobacco, property development, fisheries, agriculture, road contractors, early childhood education, and far right wing conservative ideologies.[…] We are in the palms of a corporate, wealth and far right wing ideology takeover by stealth from within our government.” #nzpol
https://open.substack.com/pub/mountaintui/p/end-game
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Kia kawea tātou e te rēhia! The heart of Ōtautahi has been full of waiata this weekend - Tūhono kapa haka festival finishes with the finalists performing in the town hall tonight. Well done to the 40+ schools who were involved - arohatia te reo, whakamanahia te mātauranga Māori!
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@seawall
Hey hey hey! Check this trike!
Could be perfect…
https://www.facebook.com/share/wzxwWAfqgPs1py5r/
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Just having thoughts on the hīkoi, and the apology, and the willingness of our government to let people suffer in poverty… it’s a 200 year old tradition isn’t it… whether you’re Māori, or descendent from working class immigrants, or a recent refugee, or arrived to fulfil an accredited employer visa… we are disposable, replaceable, ‘cheap’ labour for the rich elitist class… those empire-oriented wealth extractors are tireless in ensuring there are generations of people under their boots.
[#]nzpol
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Examples and/or ideas wanted please.
Long story short - I work with someone who is new to my profession and even though I have over a decade of experience on them, they give me their reckons and ‘expertise’ on the daily. Sentences usually begin with “hey, what you should do…” I’ve been polite, I’ve been entertained, I’ve been incredulous, but I am over it. How do I shut this down for good?
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This sweet little tauhou cleaning the aphids off my roses - arrived in a group of three before two got spooked by the dog going out. Looks very young, possibly a chick out on a first snack run with parents #birds
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I have spent
the tax cuts,
that were modest,
on Turkish kebab
Forgive me
they were delicious
so spicy
and so full of flavour
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It’s from this article though: https://feedsin.space/feed/rnzbot_nz
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"New Zealand's rocked up with a bunch of waffle and some empty, high-level platitudes with zero financial commitment and no action plan about how these targets are going to be made manifest in our domestic policy."
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News too good to hope for! #nzpol
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360464647/seat-epsom-facing-electoral-oblivion
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I need to disconnect from news for a bit. I’ve just listened to our NZ Prime Minister waffling through an interview again… and, when he’s on subject matter I know something about, I can see he is completely ignorant and has no idea what he’s saying - like a GPT version of a person, just spouting buzzy vocab that doesn’t make sense - I know he has no clue. Is it like this when he’s bumbling about areas I’m less conversant with too? Infuriating #nzpol
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Worried your KiwiSaver might be funding weapons of war? You can check your current fund at MindfulMoney.NZ They also indicate other areas of concern such as environmental harm and fossil fuels. Check your fund, look at alternatives, and you can even switch on the site. No harm in getting peace of mind 🕊️
https://mindfulmoney.nz
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In readiness for the political 💩 storm ahead, I’m sharing this great Te Tiriti o Waitangi Q&A resource. Understanding of our founding ‘social cohesion’ document (I’m quoting MSD there) is going to be increasingly important as bad actors try to raise their alternate interpretations in the months ahead. #TeTiritiOWaitangi #nzpol
https://nwo.org.nz/resources/questions-and-answers-booklet/
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Howdy COVID conscious pals! We had a staff meeting this afternoon and the ventilation was on its business-as-usual autopilot… I just thought I’d share our reading for 20ish peeps in one room after more than an hour:
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Someone wrote a book about my great-grandmother BUT I can’t read it because it’s on Kindle SO I downloaded Kindle AND THEN it said I had to buy the book on Amazon SO I made an Amazon account (aarrgghh no but I had to to get the book) AND THEN the book won’t load to cart SO I still can’t buy the book to read and I am losing my mind over it - help me please get this book - WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? 😑
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Impressed with the frank delivery of this news segment - no sugar coating, all tea ☕️
https://youtu.be/Qq7ZEMQJ1Xo?si=LUCpldhhHbbOxoWa
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